A Concerned Stranger

Taking a metal vial to replenish my allomantic reserves (pain meds and energy drink)

Me: It was so difficult to get to this island, but now that I'm finally here, I desperately need some kind of public transport to get around.

Dominatrix: No, sorry, I've just broken my ankle. There's no way I'll be able to host your all-female whip party.

Annoying flatmate: Hey guys, uh, can we just have a quick house meeting in ten? Just some 'stuff' we need to, um ... go over again, okay?

Camerlengo at the conclave for the next pope: (sighs) ... All right, I thought we all understood the dress code, but obviously we need to go over it again.

Me: Gee, I hope this tarot reading says I'm going to make some new friends soon!

17th century Witchfinder: By God's truest judgment, the heretic Will Scunthorpe has been hurled from a cliff for practicing the most vile of dark magicks. What now should follow? This hoary misogynist, trying to rile up the crowd:

37-year-old white incel: Um, actually, Officer, technically only these three are ‘katanas’. Those four are ‘tantos’, that’s a ‘wakizashi’, and the big one on the wall is a ‘nagamaki’ … What?... Why do I have so many weapons? … Oh, it’s just my, er …

PR team for the royal family: Okay, as long as there’s no scandals this year, our approval rating should remain steady. Did we get any good photo ops from last night’s costume party?

Boyfriend, getting undressed before bed: Well, I ate an entire pineapple this morning, like you asked. … What was that about? This bird, conducting a sexy experiment:

Started reading (listening to) the Stormlight Archive series cos husband is a sando simp and male human paladin fan. luckily as a Bitch Enjoyer there are at least a couple things in here i can enjoy too

i love project hail mary (and andy weir in general) so goddamn much because the overwhelming message, the one that you hear over and over again, is that it is always possible for things to get better. there is always a solution to be found. there is always someone who will help you. there are always friends, always answers, always a reason to keep going even when it seems so hopeless and terrible and lonely. and every time you hear that message you're like yeah. i know. sometimes i forget and things seem really dark. but you gotta keep going.

The fun thing about Brandon Sanderson's magic systems is that, like ttrpg players, his characters are constantly trying to exploit the system in novel and insane ways.